Nick & Liz Livanos, Robert Kilkelly and I are heading up to the Cairns area on the 19th of this month. We’ve never birded the area although have quite a few endemics from a Townsville/Paluma trip 3 years ago. We only have 4 full days for birding (2 nights in Cairns, 3 at Kingfisher Park) so would love assistance in finding the following species:
Southern Cassowary Helmeted Quineafowl Great-billed Heron Sarus Crane Bush-hen Red-necked Crake Asian Dowitcher (still on the esplanade?) Oriental Cuckoo (arrived yet?) Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo Papuan Frogmouth (Kingfisher Park?) Buff-breasted Paradise-kingfisher Lovely Fairy-wren Fernwren Atherton Scrubwren Graceful Honeyeater (Kingfisher Park?) Varied Honeyeater (Esplanade?) Pied Monarch Blue-faced Parrot-finch (Is the Mt Lewis clearing the only site?) Barn or Red-rumped Swallows??
Many thanks in advance. Two of our party are tropic birding virgins so gearing up for a big one.
Cheers Grant Brosie Maitland, NSW
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